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DO
PILOTS MAKE BETTER CEOS?Well, you knew it in
your heart all along but now researchers from Notre Dame University's
Mendoza College of Business and from the University of Oregon have
confirmed it: Pilots make better leaders, especially in the corporate
setting. In a study that compared the relative success of 179
companies led by CEOs who are pilots and 2,900 led by those who are not,
researchers found that pilot-led companies tend to do better, by some
benchmarks, than those who don't fly. "These CEOs tend to complete
acquisitions that are more successful than those completed by
non-sensation seeking CEOs," Notre Dame Professor Matthew Cain said.
"Their creativity and novelty seeking characteristics lead them into
deals that improve the growth prospects of their firms." The researchers
say its in those CEOs' genes to take calculated risks that can lead to
better prospects for their companies and it works for the same reason
many of them ride motorcycles, skydive and fly aircraft. The same
genetic predisposition can also lead to a host of other less noble
pastimes. More...

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AboutAircraft Lease Contracts Is Moving to Dubai
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Legal Aspects of Aircraft Lease Agreements in Dubai, UAE. This
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FAA
POSTS NEW GUIDANCE FOR FUEL APPROVALSThe FAA has published a
new Advisory Circular providing guidance for the
approval of new aeronautical fuels. Issuance of the document aims to
"facilitate the aviation fuel approval process," according to the FAA,
by "clarifying and describing" acceptable methods of compliance to
existing FAA regulations. But unknown to most in the industry who aren't
involved in fuel work, AC 20-24 sparked controversy last summer when
proponents of a quick replacement for 100LL complained to FAA's upper
management that the agency's Engine and Propeller Directorate was
dragging its feet on allowing STCs for fuel approvals.
More...

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SPIRIT
SHARES DROP ON STRIKE SCAREUnionized engineering workers at
Spirit AeroSystems voted almost unanimously last month against a
nine-and-a-half year contract proposal by the company and the union
warned investors on Friday that workers were "on the verge" of a strike.
The Wichita Eagle says Ray Goforth, executive director
of the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace
(SPEEA), sent an email to Wall Street investment firms saying the
company hasn't been talking about the labor climate at its operations
and suggested it was "a material omission that [investors] would want to
be aware of." Spirit's share prices fell from $18.24 to $16.90 on Friday
and then the credit-rating-inspired sell-off on Monday took the stock to
a yearly low of $15.23. Some investment analysts called the union
warning "overblown" since no strike vote was attached to the contract
rejection. Meanwhile, labor peace reigns at Hawker Beechcraft.
More...

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HELICOPTER
PROMOTERS SEE CHINA POTENTIALChina, with its huge land mass
and over 1.3 billion people, has only 130 helicopters. If it had the
same proportion of helicopters to people as in the U.S., that number
should be 48,000, according to the organizers of the Air Med and
Rescue Congress, set for Shanghai, October 11-12. "The enormous
growth potential is almost incalculable," they say. The Congress will
offer a series of workshops addressing the challenges and opportunities
relevant to growing the helicopter fleet in China, especially for air
medical and emergency rescue functions. More...

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ABU
DHABI TO HOST GENERAL AVIATION SHOWThe Abu Dhabi Air Expo,
set for next March, will be the first general aviation exhibition in the
Middle East, organizers said this week. "With more and more requests
from aircraft operators to establish their businesses here, it is
logical for us to respond to this demand by creating a major
international general aviation event," said Stephen Jones, general
manager at Al Bateen Executive Airport. Aircraft sales in the Middle
East have grown by 35 percent in the last two years, including jets,
turboprops, and piston aircraft, adding up to about 10 percent of the
global market, according to the news release. More...

AVIDYNE
ANNOUNCES TAS WINNER AND NEW GIVEAWAYAvidyne this week chose
its first Extravaganza Prize winner -- who won after clicking on the
contest link in AVwebFlash -- and announced the start of a new
giveaway. Bob Edmondson, of Brookshire, Texas, won a TAS620A
dual-antenna active-surveillance traffic advisory system, valued at
almost $21,000. The new gear will be installed in Edmondson's 1960 Beech
BE35-33 Debonair. The company announced the giveaway at Sun 'n Fun in
April, and collected about 1,000 entries. Edmondson's name was selected
at random. The new giveaway offers an IFD540 FMS/GPS/NAV/COM, valued at
$17,000. More...

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AVWEB
INSIDER BLOG: LYCOMING ON AUTOMOTIVE GASA significant
subtext in the quest to replace 100LL with an unleaded equivalent is the
use of automobile fuel or mogas in engines that are approved to burn it.
The two major engine makers, Lycoming and Continental, have
traditionally avoided the approvals required to do this. But Lycoming
sees a place for automotive-type fuels in the supply chain, and
beginning this week, in a series of three guest posts to the AVweb
Insider blog, Lycoming GM Michael Kraft explains the company's views
on how automobile fuels can be integrated into aviation. The blogs will
run on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. Read
the first here, then share your own comments.More...

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